The video, uploaded to YouTube by Subliminal Moto, shows the driver of a red Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck flipping off a group of bikers driving on Boulder Highway in the Nevada city of Henderson after one of the bikers apparently rides on the dirt on the roadside.

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Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, is shown on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight.

Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, is shown on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight.

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Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, is shown on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight.

Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, is shown on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight.

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Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, was captured on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight.

Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, was captured on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight.

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Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, was captured on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight.

Ricky Thornton, a 54-year-old mechanical contractor from Irving, was captured on video pointing a gun at a motorcyclist in Henderson, Nevada, while at a stoplight.

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Click through the gallery to see some of the most outrageous headlines snagged by Texas men and women.

Click through the gallery to see some of the most outrageous headlines snagged by Texas men and women.

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At another point, Thornton said that 10 or 12 bikers surrounded his truck.

"I was completely surrounded by motorcycles," Thornton said. "I definitely felt threatened. I would not have pulled my gun out if I had not felt threatened."

Thornton, who described himself as a biker, stood by his actions: he said his attention had been focused on the other bikers when the motorcyclist who filmed the encounter rapped on his passenger window, startling him.

"I would do it again if the same situation came up," Thornton said.

The 54-year-old Texas man, who said he was in Nevada on business, told mySA.com that he believes the bikers were trying to provoke him.

"They tried to get a response out of me and they got one," Thornton said.

The motorcyclist told Nevada news station KTNV that he felt endangered by the encounter, but realized that he probably should not have confronted Thornton.

"This was literally the first and last time that I will ever go up to somebody's window and confront them," the motorcyclist told the news station. "I could have ended up dead. I have a wife and kids that I want to come home to."

KTNV reported that Henderson police are investigating the incident.

Thornton said he has spoken to police about his part in the encounter and does not anticipate any charges being filed against him.

Scroll through the slideshow to see when Texans have grabbed outrageous headlines.